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UNIVERSITY 


HOWARD  UNIVERSITY 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Chas.  R.  Brown,  D.  D., 

President  Board  of  Trustees 

J.  Stanley  Durkee,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  President  of  the  University 
Emmett  J.  Scott,  Ai.  M.,  LL.  D.,  Secretary-Treasurer 
F.  D.  Wilkinson,  Registrar 


General  0.  0.  Howard, 
Founder 


Dear  Friend: 

This  little  booklet  is  a message  from  Howard  University  to  you,  sent 
for  the  purpose  of  getting  better  acquainted.  If  you  are  personally  inter- 
ested  in  the  work  we  are  doing,  and  would  like  further  and  more  detailed 
information,  our  latest  catalogue  will  be  sent  upon  request.  Or,  if,  after 
reading  the  Information  Sheet  enclosed,  you  wish  to  apply  for  entrance, 
fill  out,  in  detail,  the  Application  Blank  on  the  reverse  side  and  mail  it  to 
the  Registrar,  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C.  This  involves  no 
obligation  on  your  part,  while  it  will  enable  us  to  advise  you  more  intelli- 
gently concerning  your  eligibility. 


[If  this  folder  interests  you , keep  it.  If  not,  kindly  pass  it  on  to  someone  whom  it  may 

interest.  ] 


W here  Shall  I Go  T o College? 


This  is  the  uppermost  thought  in  the  minds  of  all  aspiring  youth  of 
the  land  as  they  step  forth  from  the  high  schools  and  academies  with 
their  hearts  filled  with  a desire  to  follow  still  further  the  paths  that  lead 
upward  and  onward  into  the  realms  of  the  sciences,  the  arts  and  the 
professions. 

For  fifty  years  and  more,  HOWARD  UNIVERSITY  has  been  answer- 
ing this  question  for  thousands  of  young  men  and  women.  Its  former 
students  and  graduates,  scattered  all  over  the  world,  are  living  examples 
of  the  kind  of  training  it  has  given  to  those  who  heard  the  answer. 
Howard  men  and  women  are  found  in  every  state  of  the  Union,  in  the 
island  possessions,  and  in  foreign  lands,  teaching  the  children,  healing 
the  sick,  pleading  the  cause  of  the  unfortunate,  preaching  the  gospel, 
editing  the  papers,  managing  commercial  enterprises,  leading  the  people 
in  their  respective  communities.  It  has  specialized  in  training  for  leader- 
ship— the  kind  that  leads  because  it  knows  how  to  serve. 

If  you  want  to  prepare  for  such  work ; if  you  have  courage  and  faith 
and  industry  and  intelligence;  if  you  want  to  go  on  and  are  prepared  to 
enter,  HOWARD  is  ready  to  receive  you. 


THE  LONG  WALK 


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LOCATION 


Howard  University  is  in 
the  Capital  of  the  Nation. 
The  campus  of  twenty  acres 
comprises  the  highest  ele- 
vation in  the  northwest  sec- 
tion of  the  city  with  the 
Reservoir  Lake  bordering  it 
on  the  east  and  the  grounds 
of  the  National  Soldiers’ 
Home  furnishing  a park  at 
the  northeast.  Immediate- 
ly adjoining  the  campus  on 
the  south  are  the  Freed- 
man’s Hospital  build  Lugs, 
erected  on  a tract  of  eleven  acres,  leased  by  the  University  to  the  Govern- 
ment. From  the  University  Hill,  the  Capitol,  the  Congressional  Library, 
the  Washington  Monument  and  the  Potomac  River  are  in  clear  view. 

WASHINGTON  A UNIVERSITY  CITY 

The  museums  and  libraries  supported  by  the  Federal  government 
present  advantages  unsurpassed  by  those  of  any  other  city  in  the  land. 
The  Library  of  Congress,  with  its  immense  and  constantly  increasing  col- 
lection of  books;  the  Pan  American  Union,  which  makes  Washington  the 
International  Capital  of  the  twenty-one  American  nations,  with  its  won- 
derful Astez  gardens  together  with  its  Columbus  Library  containing 
50,000  volumes  where  persons  making  special  researches  in  history,  geo- 
graphy, social  and  economic  conditions  and  other  subjects  relating  to  the 
New  World  may  utilize  the  rich  material  at  hand  either  in  its  great  reading 
room  or  in  its  two  private  studies;  the  Smithsonian  Institution  and  the 
National  Museum,  with  their  specimens  of  all  kinds  gathered  from  all 
parts  of  the  earth;  the  Bureau  of  Education,  with  its  extensive  library; 
the  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  with  its  aquaria;  the  Botanical  Garden  with 
numerous  greenhouses  well  stocked  with  living  plants;  the  Army  Medical 
Museum,  containing  extensive  collections  and  the  largest  medical  library 
in  the  world;  the  Naval  Observatory,  with  its  equipment  for  astronomical 
work — all  these  and  many  others  are  easily  reached  and  may  be  freely 
visited. 

Washington  has  been  called  a university  in  itself.  To  live  in  such  an 
atmosphere  is  a liberal  education  to  an  eager,  receptive  mind.  Students 
of  all  departments  have  unusual  opportunities  for  general  culture  and 
the  larger  outlook  upon  life  gained  through  lectures,  concerts  and  enter- 
tainments of  an  elevating  character.  On  the  floors  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Repesentatives  leaders  in  national  thought  and  statesmanship 
may  be  heard  on  vital  questions.  Many  lectures  of  high  class  are  given 
in  the  city,  and  not  a few  of  them  are  free  to  all.  Series  of  concerts  are 
given  every  year  by  such  organizations  as  the  Boston  Symphony,  the  New 
York  Symphony  and  the  Philharmonic  Orchestra,  while  recitals  by  the 
world’s  most  famous  soloists,  both  vocal  and  instrumental  are  frequent 
occurrences.  H 


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ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 


The  University  is  organized  as  follows: 

I.  The  College: 

Junior  College;  School  of  Liberal  Arts;  School  of  Education;  School 
of  Commerce  and  Finance;  School  of  Applied  Science;  School  of 
Music;  School  of  Public  Health  and  Hygiene. 

II.  The  Professional  Schools: 

School  of  Religion;  School  of  Law;  School  of  Medicine,  consisting 
of  the  Colleges  of  Dentistry,  Medicine,  and  Pharmacy. 

The  work  of  each  school,  with  admission  and  graduation  requirements, 
is  described,  in  detail,  in  the  catalogue  which  will  be  sent  upon  request. 


Students  satisfying  the  requirements  for  admission  to  college  may 
enter  the  Junior  College,  the  School  of  Music,  the  School  of  Religion,  the 
School  of  Applied  Science,  the  School  of  Law,  and  the  Colleges  of  Phau 
macy  and  Dentistry  of  the  School  of  Medicine.  After  the  completion  of 
two  years  of  study  in  the  Junior  College  a student  passes  into  one  of  the 
Senior  Schools.  The  course  of  the  School  of  Medicine  usually  requires  four 
years  more;  those  of  the  other  Senior  Schools,  two.  All  students  are 
advised,  however,  to  complete  at  least  the  work  of  the  Junior  College  as  a 
foundation  for  professional  study. 


THE  NEW  DINING  HALL 


MINER  HALL 


COLLEGE  LIFE 

STUDENT  BODY — There  are  2007  students  in  attendance  this  year.  The 
student  has  the  advantage  of  life  association  with  this  large  body  of 
progressive  young  men  and  women  who  are  to  be  among  the  leaders 
of  the  next  generation. 

PHYSICAL  TRAINING  AND  ATHLETICS— Physical  training  and  regu- 
lar exercise  in  the  Gymnasium  or  in  the  open  are  required  of  all 
students  except  those  in  the  professional  departments  with  whom  It 
is  optional.  The  object  is  to  secure  both  health  and  vigor  and  also 
symmetrical  physical  development.  Howard  maintains  cordial  rela- 
tions with  the  institutions  of  its.  class  in  athletics,  including  football, 
baseball,  basketball,  track  and  tennis. 

DORMITORIES — All  dormitory  rooms  are  supplied  with  heavy  furniture, 
heated  by  steam  and  lighted  with  electricity.  The  University  has  a 
dormitory  accommodating  200  young  men,  and  one  for  110  young 
women.  The  University  boarding  hall  for  both  men  and  women 
furnishes  good  board  at  the  lowest  possible  rates. 

STUDENT  ORGANIZATIONS — The  University  maintains  several  literary 
and  debating  clubs,  which  through  exercises,  debates,  oratorical  con- 
tests and  dramas,  provide  training  of  great  value.  They  are  the 
Alpha  Phi  Literary  Society,  the  Kappa  Sigma  Debating  Club,  the 
Pestalozzi-Froebel  Society,  the  Maynard  Literary  Society,  the  English 
Chautauqua,  the  Stylus,  the  Dramatic  Club,  Der  Deutsche  Verin, 
Le  Cercle  Francais,  the  Classical  Club,  the  Glee  Club  for  Men  the  Glee 
Club  for  Women,  and  the  University  Choral  Society. 


ESTIMATED  EXPENSES  OF  STUDENTS  FOR  ONE  QUARTER  IN 
ANY  EXCEPT  PROFESSIONAL  SCHOOLS 


Incidental  fee  (three  subjects)  $33.00 

Room  rent,  heat,  light  and  bed  linen 26.00  to  28.00 

Room  deposit  1.00 

Board,  three  months 60.00 

Extra  curricula  fee 1.00 

Laboratory  fee  2.50  to  10.00 

Reserve  Officers  Training  Corps  Deposit 

(Male  students  except  seniors)  10.00 

Matriculation  fee  (first  year  only)  5.00 

^Laundry  10.00  to  20.00 

Books  6.00  to  15.00 


or  approximately  $173.00  to  $217.00 

Note  that  this  table  gives  the  estimated  expenses  for  One  Quarter.  Since  the 
school  year  contains  three  quarters  the  yearly  expenses  amount  to  approximately 
$500.00 

The  foregoing  does  not  include  clothes  and  incidental  personal  expenses,  as  these 
vary  with  the  individual.  The  smaller  amount  would  answer  for  students  in  the 
earlier  years. 


THE  CARNEGIE  LIBRARY 


STUDENT  SELF  HELP 

The  city  of  Washington  offers  many  opportunities  for  students  to 
earn  their  way  through  school.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  maintains  an  employment 
bureau  in  which  all  requests  for  work  receive  prompt  attention.  The  nature 
of  the  work  obtained  depends  upon  the  ability  of  the  applicant.  Address 
inquiries  on  this  subject  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Howard 
University. 


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